Copenhagen, 2014-06-30 13:16 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Announcement no. 44
DFDS A/S has in week 26 purchased 12,491 own shares equal to DKK 5.9m as part of the share buy-back programme of DKK 200m launched 28 February 2014, re. company announcement no. 8/2014.
The accumulated share buy-back amounts to 59.2% of the programme.
| Purchase of own shares, week 26 | |||
| Period, 2014 | No. of shares | Average purchase price | Value, DKK |
| 23 June | 1,348 | 474 | 638,941 |
| 24 June | 1,224 | 471 | 576,213 |
| 25 June | 4,544 | 465 | 2,111,239 |
| 26 June | 962 | 473 | 454,874 |
| 27 June | 4,413 | 481 | 2,124,687 |
| Total | 12,491 | 472.8 | 5,905,953 |
Following the purchase, DFDS’ holding of own shares is 836,705 equal to 6.3% of the Company’s total no. of shares of 13,300,000. Excluding own shares, the no. of shares is 12,463,295.
The share buy-back programme is organised in compliance with the EU Commission’s Regulation 2273/2003 of 22 December 2003 (Safe Harbour regulation for share buy-backs).
Contact persons:
Torben Carlsen, CFO +45 33 42 32 01
Søren Brøndholt Nielsen, IR +45 33 42 33 59